“Atiku’s ambition is affecting the event of PDP” – NPSA president

The president of the National Political Science Association of Nigeria (NPSA), Prof. Hassan Saliu, has accused extinct Vice President Atiku Abubakar of stifling the event of the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP).

Atiku became the birthday celebration’s presidential candidate within the 2019 and 2023 elections, and there are indications that he’ll contest all yet again within the 2027 polls.

Talking to Punch, Prof Saliu acknowledged, “Atiku’s ambition is affecting the event of the PDP. We practice the controversy and the controversy.

“The components within the PDP before the presidential main, and even after the presidential primaries, those components are smooth there. They have not aged away.

“So, the best draw to present PDP a semblance of solidarity is for Atiku to tumble his ambition. There are too many components surrounding Atiku’s ambition.

“Given his age, if he comes out to contest for president underneath the PDP subsequent time, I don’t know what will happen to the PDP before that time. Nonetheless I am assuming that decision would possibly perhaps well well also no longer poke down with folks at PDP. It is time for Atiku to inspect at the political temperature and advises himself accordingly.

“Atiku’s ardour is no longer going to supersede the pursuits of the PDP; every time this man emerges as a presidential candidate, there are continuously components that will within the extinguish occupy an influence on the potentialities of the birthday celebration. This is the ideal time for Atiku to permit the PDP to breathe unique air.”